The University of West Florida Dr. Grier Williams School of Music will present the Rolfs Music Hall Artist Series at UWF featuring guest performer alto saxophonist Steve Williams. The performance will be held on Monday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rolfs Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts on the UWF Pensacola campus.
With 50 years of experience, Steve Williams, the son of Dr. Grier Williams, for whom the University of West Florida School of Music is named, has performed a diverse range of music styles across the United States. Beginning his career at the University of North Texas, where he received his bachelor's degree, Williams was a member of the famed jazz ensemble the One O'Clock Lab. Williams went on to join the United States Navy Band Commodores, the Navy's premier jazz ensemble, in 1994, eventually assuming the role of lead saxophonist and musical director of the ensemble from 2003 to 2009. Following his time with The Commodores, Williams joined the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra in 2014 as its lead alto saxophonist, contributing a pair of arrangements based on Leonard Bernstein’s Mass for the orchestra’s 2020 album “Bernstein Reimagined.” In addition, Williams has explored many creative projects, backing a diverse array of artists including Joe Williams, Rita Moreno, The Temptations, Boots Randolph, Jim Nabors, Wayne Newton, Bobby Shew, Mel Torme, Floyd Cramer, Al Hirt, Hal Linden and many others. Williams' work appears on multiple albums, including the Latin Grammy-winning “Caribbean Jazz Project/Afro Bop Alliance Big Band featuring Dave Samuels” and his own big band Jazz album “Steve Williams and Jazz Nation,” featuring a 17-piece big band and world-renowned clarinetist Eddie Daniels.
Ticket prices are $20 for adults, $16 for seniors and military, $14 for UWF faculty and staff and non-UWF students, and $7 for high school students. All paid ticket purchases are subject to a $2 service fee. UWF students are admitted free with their Nautilus cards. Tickets can be purchased at the CFPA Box Office, Building 82, by calling 850.857.6285 or online at uwf.edu/tickets.
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